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A SLEW OF UPDATES FROM APPLE Updates have been the key fix to most of the problems presented on this article, so why not end things with even more updates? Earlier this week, Apple dropped updates for many of its biggest products. While iOS 12.3 has a refreshed user experience for those who like to use Apple TV, the Wallet App got some upgrades of its own as Apple prepares to launch its very own credit card later this year. In between all that good stuff, though, was the real meat of these patches: a slew of updates across platforms, correcting some nasty bugs here and there. In iOS 12.3, there are 23 bugs and vulnerabilities patched. Users who haven’t updated yet could remain exposed to the dangers they pose. One of the most crucial problems patched in 12.3 includes a bug in CoreAudio. This is the system in your iPhone through which every single sound flows, including videos on the web, and this bug allowed the bad guys to manipulate CoreAudio into executing their own malicious code. The specifics aren’t entirely clear — Apple keeps many of these things under wraps — users remain potentially vulnerable if they encounter a malicious video on the web without these updates. macOS got updates too, with the latest version being 10.14.5.